There was a nation
A country comprised of 13 colonies would become a nation, then, after approximately 248 years, become obsessed with and directed by an utter fool, a fool who surely fits the character of a previous fool, who another country followed this fool to complete ruin.
There are not many of us left to tell the story about the horror of what happened back then and now our people are heading down that same shameful road, like:
1. An education without wisdom attached.
2. Spoiled by their unearned wealth through the acceptance of unbridled capitalism.
3. Not recognizing the utopia in which we have lived.
4. Putting all pleasure before work.
5. The division which came to the populace when “average” was changed to “median” in all aspects of human endeavor; splitting us from $50,000-and-under to $50,000-and-over as a measuring formula.
6. Ignoring the fact that “one size fits all” is a misconception and a formula for discontent, by dividing the haves and the have-nots.
And now:
This misfit who is running for president fits nearly all the reasons people should acknowledge before they vote:
1. An admitted felon.
2. A liar and a cheat.
3. A want-to-be dictator.
4. An egomaniac.
5. The adjectives are endless.
6. An empty can that maybe had something in it.
Do we really want this type person representing our country?
Patrick H. Edens Jr.
Lewiston
Those sources’ politics
Larry LaRocco cited a 2022 Idaho Capital Sun article in his April 17 Tribune column.
The Idaho Capital Sun is part of statesnewsroom.com, a left-leaning advocacy group (see their website’s “about” and “team bio” sections) that issues agitprop pieces done up as news coverage.
Such organizations allow ethically challenged journalists to appear to be citing objective news aggregators or non-partisan authoritative sources when they aren’t.
The politics of sources like Brookings and Cato — or, more locally, the Idaho Freedom Foundation — are known to readers.
Readers have the right to be informed about the politics of these rapidly proliferating “advocacy press” newcomers.
That goes for the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative (IPWAC) cited by Marty Trillhaase (April 19).
They’re a political advocacy group funneling agitprop from themselves and similar groups directly into Trillhaase’s word processor app.
Their website featured an article titled “What Will It Take to Win Against Extremism in Idaho?” which links back to rewirenewsgroup.com, another “advocacy press” outlet.
And who was among Rewire’s sources? A volunteer from Reclaim Idaho.
The Tribune’s opinion is luxuriating in an incestuous daisy-chain of left-wing activists propping up each other with propaganda.
And, by the way, IPWAC’s website claims regarding medicos fleeing Idaho are a year old and, according to CNN, based on an informal survey: bit.ly/3UoJRGG.
Readers have the right to know that, too.
They deserve more from the Tribune than empty slogans about writing hard.
Thomas A. Hennigan
Asotin
